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With Casual Connect Europe in Amsterdam, Netherlands all wrapped up and the Indie Prize winners selected, it’s time to officially announce who won. Out of the 200 Indie Prize applicants, only 120 were admitted to the conference and only a mere 11 walked away with an award. The competition was fierce and there was some debating amongst the judges, however, it all worked out fantastically.

In total, the prizes for winners are worth over $500,000 and included the following: Unity licenses, 5K in Google Cloud Services, Photon Cloud services, headsets from Plantronics, various devices from Amazon, free advertisements from us, free highlights from BlogsRelease, and plenty more. Lastly, the two Best In Show winners also receive $1,000 stipends from Casual Connect which can be used towards the trip to Casual Connect Asia in Singapore in May.

But without any further to do, here’s the list of winners along with their respective category.

Best Art – Lumino City by State of Play Games

Best Audio – Amphora by Moondrop

Best Narrative – Herald by Wispfire

Best Game Design – LA Cops by Modern Dream

Most Promising Game in Development – Guild of Dungeoneering by Gambrinous

Best PC Game – Guns, Gore and Cannoli by Crazy Monkey Studios

Best Multiplayer Game – Move or Die by Those Awesome Guys

Best Mobile Game – First Strike HD by Blindflug Studios

Director’s Choice Award – Shadow Puppeteer by Sarepta Studio

Best in Show: Critic’s Choice Award – Party Hard by Pinokl Games

Best in Show: Audience Choice Award – Replay: VHS is Not Dead by Neko Entertainment

The games were judged by critics — Henry Oh from CNN, Zoya Street from Gamesbrief, Dan Oravasaari from PlayStation LifeStyle, Aaron Whitfield from PocketFullOfApps, Rai Sewgobind from Eye For Games, Jurjen Tiersma from Power Unlimited, André Bernhardt from Indie Advisor.

On the other hand, the prize judges included Nick Berry from Facebook, Christopher Hamilton from Rovio, Oscar Clark from Unity, Candy Yang from Aarki, Aaron Walz from Walz Music, Jamison Selby from b Spot, and over a dozen more people or organizations. Continue reading this post ->

After battling it out with jet lag and some minor air line hiccups, here is everything from day 3 of Casual Connect in Amsterdam. Additionally the most exciting part of the event, the Indie Prize Awards, has also taken place with an announcement following shortly from now.

Overall the event was a lot of fun, entertaining, and both rewarding for many of the indie developers. It was also nice to see some friends and previous developers from Casual Connect Eastern Europe in Belgrade, Serbia representing their game at the Amsterdam conference.

All in all there were over 2,000 attendees and more than 120 indie developers representing their game at the Beurs Van Berlage. As of now that’s all we got, however, we’ll have more announcements and Casual Connect-related articles coming soon. Continue reading this post ->

With Causal Connect kicking off tomorrow, we’ve recently gotten some really exciting news. According to our sources within the event, a record number of 120 indie games from over 40 countries will be participating in the Indie Prize Showcase at Casual Connect Europe in Amsterdam. This is pretty stellar — the competition was fierce with over 200 game submissions.

Out of the 120 developer teams, they will compete in 11 categories including Most Innovative Game, Most Family-Friendly Game, Most Promising Game In Development, Best Game Design, and more. Out of these categories, winners will be chosen by both judges, press and conference visitors. In addition as a quick side note, twice as many judges have been selected in comparison to previous events (hint: I will be one of those judges).

“This is the biggest showcase so far – in all regards – by the amount of submissions, participating countries and developers. Our hope is that all participants will be able to get the most out of the conference and showcase. After all, it’s the developers who make Indie Prize great”, says Yulia Vakhrusheva, Director of Indie Prize.

For the winners, the prizes include: a Unity License, 5K in Google Cloud Services, Photon Cloud Services, headsets from Plantronics, various devices from Amazon, a free ad on PocketFullOfApps (hey, that’s us!) and live game streaming from the Indie Prize Awards to Twitch. Finally, the “Best In Show” winners will receive $1,000 stipends from Casual Connect that will go towards their trip to Casual Connect Asia in Singapore in May. Continue reading this post ->

Unlike previous conferences we covered where we did roundups, we’re going to try something new this time. Instead of doing one roundup per day then an entire recap of the conference, we’ll do one consistent live blog full of updates all throughout the day. That we you folks can better stay updated and in tune with what is going on. We’ll also be including plenty of pictures in the live updates as well, so be on the look out for that.

With Casual Connect Europe 2015 in Amsterdam just a week away, it’s time to gear up and get ready for a fun-filled week. Set to be about two times bigger than Casual Connect Eastern Europe in Belgrade, there will be even plenty more interesting speakers, lectures, and post-conference parties. Wrapping up the event will be the Indie Prize Showcase on at noon on Friday, February 6th. Apart from that, the actual conference will take place at the Beurs Van Berlage from Wednesday, February 6th to Friday, February 8th from 8:00 — 18:00 every day.

For those attending or interested in attending, here’s some quick highlights on the lectures and speakers:

With Causal Connect Europe less than three weeks away, it’s time to get all the necessarily preparations under way and let the excitement begin. Out of the seven networking events happening, GamePoint‘s NEON party will be the main event at this conference. Taking place on February 5th from 8:00pm to 1:00am (UTC+01), the party will be held at Club AIR and feature various DJs as well as an awesome neon theme. Those already attending the conference can see the full details here. On the other hand if you don’t have a ticket to the conference but would like to go, you can register here.